Wardour Chapel Trust

Analysis

Wardour Chapel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wardour Chapel Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £100k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £76k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wardour Chapel Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Episcopal Chapel (£76k), The Congregation of the Sisters of St Brigid (£76k) and New Nation Destiny Centre (NNDC) (£76k).